Whatever You Do, Don't Buy 'Black Ops 2' For The Playstation 3

Anthony Accinelli of RealSG writes, "Activision sent me a copy of Black Ops 2 for the Playstation 3 so naturally that's the version I have been playing the most.

Which is unfortunate because out of the 30 matches I have played online, my Playstation 3 has frozen 8 times. In other words, Black Ops 2 for the Playstation 3 has frozen 27 percent of the time I am playing."

The reason the PS3 is lead platform for GTA V is to ensure that it equals the 360 version. Not because the PS3 is more capable for multiplats. Especially when it comes to open world games (ram limitations)

If I'm not mistaken EA leads all multiplats on PS3 to ensure both versions are the same quality. The other way around and theirs a chance the PS3 gets an inferior version.

I guess devs mindset is if we can do it on the PS3 it will be a piece of cake on the 360. The opposite isnt true of course and we've seen it all along the gen.

we get an hour of extra content for AC3 we also got exclusive content from RedDeadRedemption and battlefield amongst other games. apart from timed exclusives as far as i am aware there is no advantage to playing on xbox unless your are playing games from incompetent developer i.e bethesda and activision who don't seem to have even a fraction of common sense in them to test their own games.

There are loads of multiplats that work far better on PS3 than 360, just as there are loads (mostly shooters) that are superior on 360. To suggest anything else is insular fanboyism and doesn't resonate with reality.

Not true. I've had minimal errors with Black Ops 2 on PS3 although it's not acceptable until fixed. Also they have made a statement about this in game that they are working on it. These sort of things happens all the time with big games especially on PC.

I can't read half of these comments because they're so biased and negative. It IS harder to develop for Ps3, therefore the chance that there will be bugs upon launch is more likely than 360. I don't think Activision would purposely hurt their sales, because we all know they are about their money. There will be a few patches, and everything will be hunky dory.

Blops2 is the best since 4. If you've ever liked a cod, you should try this one out. Just don't play party games on small maps, the spawns might upset you. lol

You shouldn't buy any console game thats on PC for console. I played through Arkham City on my PC in 1080P and it blows the 360 and PS3 away. Not to mention PC versions cheaper, has mod support, more control options, more support and faster patching etc..

"The reason the PS3 is lead platform for GTA V is to ensure that it equals the 360 version."

...didn't rockstar cut out a lot of the game to fit it on one disc for the 360?

"Especially when it comes to open world games (ram limitations)"

1. a few stages on Lair are 32 by 32 relative miles and each level loads in less than six seconds with no loading in between. The only downside to it graphically that it could not always keep 60fps on the older chipsets (60Gb, etc.) when the action got really intense, but most of the time it did to the point that the times that could not did not matter. I honestly don't know if the issues are still there on the newer PS3 chipsets, but I have to say It probably is until I can confirm that it is not; this isn't "innocent until proven guilty" because it's already been proven that it could not always hold 60fps; so the burden of proof is on the slim.

At any rate, there's not a game that's out yet on consoles that has both the size and the technical prowess Lair had, and I'm talking on both console, not just the 360. The only non-PS3 game that I know that had over 32 miles was Superman Returns (80 square miles), but the graphics were not the best and it still had a lot of issues with a joke of a frame rate. I don't count Test Drive and Fuel and GT5, motorstorm and other racing games because car games push the boundaries in a different way; else I would wonder why God of war's backgrounds did not look as realistic as GT5, for example.

I'm not absolving Lair because Lair had a few things that popped-in, but the upside is that the whole game used a progressive mesh to where no matter how close you got to something, the graphics looked better, not worse.

So I don't think open world is the issue; it's

1. Sony not providing enough Technical assistance. (If people are complaining about it being tough, it's Sony's job to fix that or else take the punches when someone complains and writes an article about it... which is probably why the stock is getting lower in it's appearance of value.

2. People not knowing how to program. (honestly, How can I let people off of the hook when a game like Heavenly Sword comes out so early in the console's life cycle and games that come out later not only runs worse, but looks worse, too?)

While mine did suffer for server issues at first after I updated my system a few days ago I'm able to play matches pretty well with no interruptions. Articles like these make it seem that ALL ps3's are going through the same thing which aren't. Most of my friends are online too and have been for the past few days

Didn't freeze once for me either. It did be a bit dumb and say it was waiting for more players when the lobby was full though. From what I did get to play of it, the game sucked. Going back to the store new week to go toward ps all stars.

The sooner COD dies a slow painful death and frees up space in peoples wallets and time in the holiday season, the sooner proper, creative, more deserving games will start earning more money and bring fun back to this gen.

Everything at this stage of the generation is now merging into one massive grey, generic, shoot-em-up genre. If you removed the skin and dialogue from Dead Space 3, Mass Effect 3, Gears 3 and Splinter Cell: Blacklist. Could anyone honestly tell me the difference on a gameplay perspective?

I would say "roll on next gen", but so many bad habits have been set within the industry both on a business and creativity front, i can't imagine it will be a whole lot better -_-

They only care to get the game fully working on the 360, it has direct competition in Halo 4. People wouldn't hesitate to take a faulty game back when other options are present. They know the name alone will carry sales on the PS3 with no real competition this year. If they pulled this last year, BF3 may have had more of an edge on the PS3

It's is a piece of shit on PS3 tbh. I'm closer to 10 matches though and had 3 freezes. The second night TDM wasn't working at all, server continuously researched for better matches till i just tried a different game mode that Would connect.

It's annoying but until it starts killing PS3s (which it actually might) I wouldn't say to not buy the PS3 version.

Another trippy thing it does is sound really bad when it's loading the disc. It spins and stops really hard and it's really noticeable. Both me an my brother were online (he's in another state) talking about it earlier. Like it's putting the PS3 through a lot more stress than other games. Physical stress, like it could kill my disc drive or shorten it's lifespan.

Point being it freaks me out and I wouldn't be surprised to read a Black ops 2 killed my PS3 article some time soon.

Guys black ops 2 I am an avid COD criticiser and have been playing since launch. I have only had 1 freeze and only lagging in match issues that are standard COD fare. I can confidently say thatis one of the best looking COD games, maybe even one of the echelon of console graphics. The campaign is the best since CODMW and MP is in between MW & MW2. I am on PS3 and don't have many of these issues so that sucks for these ppl but maybe they have bad connection speeds or their ps3 is on its way out but i think black ops 2 is one of the best COD games and you have to be patient w/ the MP. There is a way to beat smg whores.

these type of articles amuse me.anybody who complains about a COD game with bugs on day 1, is a moron. You should all know by now that these COD games are always a pilling steam of the same shit you played last november. yeah they will fix it up somewhere along the road with a patch here or there,but its still the same turd as the year before.

Fallout 3 was nowhere near as bad as people made it out to be, i put over 100 hours into the PS3 version and it only ever froze on me once, there were a few glitches and bugs but i experienced more of them on my xbox playthrough.

The Orange Box is another game that got completely overblown, i thought it would be damn well near unplayable, but it worked fine again 60 hours put into that game more if i count team fortress and it only froze on me like twice, if you look past the frequent loading screens that were like 5-8 seconds, it really wasn't that bad.

I think it's N4G tradition to have at least one article that blows the so called "inferior port" way out of proportion

When I see comments like yours to me it screams xbox fanatic, I've been playing many multiplatform games on my PlayStation 3 with no problems. To notice anything people have to see it side-by-side and zoomed in, that in itself should show you something. Game Trailers even screwed up their comparison once using the PlayStation 3's version to boost the XBOX 360's version.

In the end, no matter what platform you buy the game on, people will enjoy it, otherwise it would not sell on that specific platform. I go by what I know, and not what I see in video comparison is stating. Hell Gears of War 2 had major bugs in it, but was never mentioned in reviews.

well when you see comments like mine you speculate wrong i own all my games on PS3 with the exception of bethesda games and activision games. they make poossibly some of worst ports on the ps3. which is why i smartened up and bought a 360 so didn't have to deal with crap like this, needless to say it was worth it. i enjoy both my PS3 & 360 equally.

I'll be more straight to the point, using tokens to prove that you are not a condescending XBOX 360 fanatic will not prove anything. What determines that is your actions and in this case what you chose to say. There is nothing wrong being a fanatic, it's when the person becomes egotistical is the real problem.

Saying that PlayStation 3 owners are retards for buying Black Ops 2 is absurd and stating that they should know it's going to be bugged before it's release is called a hindsight bias. In reality no one knows until its release, and not any time sooner. The comment also states all XBOX 360 games are never bugged, hence the bias. Bugs in a game allow certain parts of the game unplayable depending on where the bug is, the whole game unplayable, there are no bugs as far as I know. Is there a missing pixel that I can't see with a naked eye, who cares.

Lastly if there are differences it's like I said, to only know it would have to be side-by-side with zoom-ins. So a naked eye would not pick up even half of the stuff mentioned, virtually making no difference to the player.

i don't know why so many ps3 versions get bad stuff i mean it's not treyarch's fault obviously, they have been developing games for sony since the ps1 like spiderman, ps3 has problems, u need extra work to make it equal to xbox 360(if xbox was the lead) and companies simply won't do that

of course its treyarchs fault resources could have easily gone to one or 2 extra programmers/coders or whatever is needed to make the game run smoothly. its not as if they have re-written the game engine or gone to any "extreme" lengths to even get it working.

if your trully a gamer, go out there and buy any other game other than cod.go support a developer more deserving you can pick up your beloved cod later when the price drops anyways

how would any of you know how much personnel was assigned for each console? it seems like eveyone believes there was x amount for xbox and x amount for ps3. how do you know that the ps3 didnt have x+y to begin with. and believe me, i know how frustrating it is to create software for hardware when you're being limited by hardware. sure, they could hire pro's that are used to the ps3 architecture, and they probably should. but to come in here and say you know how stuff was done and that it should have been done a different way makes you look like a child. and im not defending cod, i know ill get negatives anyway. im switch between halo, cod and bf3 often, and very much like the ps3 when it comes to uncharted and upcoming beyond.

Cry me a river.can't believe people still defend cod.I don't have to know how many mediocre programmers they have hired.all I see is a poor product and sheep like you trying to justify it.blaming the hardware for such a poor product is rather childish from yourself.you mention uncharted and you still believe that cod is the best a team with resources like treyarchs can produce.

So why aren't EA, Ubisoft, Rocksteady and other devs having the same issues? After 6 years the only ones that are releasing bad multiplats on PS3 are Activision and Bethesda, how could it not be their fault? Come on, let's be realists. ;)

There are still fences I can't jump over, reload animations sometimes don't happen & I occasionally die for absolutely no reason what so ever with the screen telling me I killed myself. "Bad Luck". Wtf?

def alot of issues for bf3, personally most i could live with, but the new premium members getting access to weapons which are super powerful leaving those without premium screwed over and not making the game fun anymore. Don't even get me started with no dedicated servers, meaning all servers run by whiny little 2 years olds who can't stand you killing them multiple times then kick you.